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In this week's ancient history news I discuss two new research papers on the Neolithic origins of both the plague and brucella melitensis, as well as the discovery of a subterranean structure underneath a Maya ball court in Mexico and an interesting find related to a dyed textile fragment from the Cave of Skulls in Israel.

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✨ IN THIS EPISODE

00:00 Introduction
00:53 Plague may have caused the Neolithic population collapse
04:22 Preserved genome reveals that Brucella melitensis has a Neolithic origin
06:02 Underground Mayan structure discovered in Mexico
07:37 New study reveals a red pigment used to dye an ancient piece of cloth travelled far

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✨ REFERENCES

Seersholm, F.V., Sjögren, KG., Koelman, J. et al. Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07...

L’Hôte, L., Light, I., Mattiangeli, V. et al. An 8000 years old genome reveals the Neolithic origin of the zoonosis Brucella melitensis. Nat Commun 15, 6132 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50...

Geggel, L. (2024). ‘Mysterious Maya underground structure unearthed in Mexico,’ Livescience, 14 July. https://www.livescience.com/archaeolo...

Hale, T. (2024). ‘3,800-Year-Old Red Cloth Found In Cave Of Skulls Came From Far, Far Away,’ Livescience, 19 July. https://www.iflscience.com/3800-year-...

✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS

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Diagrams related to the DNA study of the plague, credit: Seersholm, F. V., et al., in the paper referenced above.

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Diagrams related to the DNA study of the brucella melitensis, credit:L’Hôte, L., et al., in the paper referenced above.

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Tikal ball court, credit: Simon Burchell

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Hjelmars rör passage grave, credit: Gunnar Creutz

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LiDAR of the site, credit: Žiga Koka via INAH.
Part of the subterranean structure, credit: Octavio Esparza Olguín via INAH.
Flint tool from the newly discovered pyramid, credit: Octavio Esparza Olguín via INAH.
Ceramic animal from he newly discovered pyramid, credit: Octavio Esparza Olguín via INAH.
Textile from the Cave of Skulls, credit: Dafna Gazit / Israel Antiquities Authority
Excavation at the Cave of Skulls, credit: Yuli Schwartz / Israel Antiquities Authority

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Photomicrograph of Brucella melitensis